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Nov. 15, 2022: Trump and McCarthy try to fend off a GOP revolt
Nov. 15, 2022: Trump and McCarthy try to fend off a GOP revolt
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7 minutes
Released:
Nov 15, 2022
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Podcast episode
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As the Republican Party wrestles with whether it should stick with its
three current leaders — Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell
— today is crucial, especially for the first two.
McCarthy faces a vote of House Republicans on whether he will be their
nominee for speaker in January. He should easily pass that test, but the
margin will tell us how much trouble he’s in. (More on McCarthy below.)
And then tonight at 9 p.m., Trump is scheduled to announce his third
campaign for president. The best way to understand the context of this
announcement is to take a spin through the last 24 hours of Trump news.
The big takeaway is that the movement on the right to abandon Trump is
the strongest it’s been since the days after Jan. 6, 2021. (But, then
again, it wasn’t very strong back then.)
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Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.
Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.
three current leaders — Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell
— today is crucial, especially for the first two.
McCarthy faces a vote of House Republicans on whether he will be their
nominee for speaker in January. He should easily pass that test, but the
margin will tell us how much trouble he’s in. (More on McCarthy below.)
And then tonight at 9 p.m., Trump is scheduled to announce his third
campaign for president. The best way to understand the context of this
announcement is to take a spin through the last 24 hours of Trump news.
The big takeaway is that the movement on the right to abandon Trump is
the strongest it’s been since the days after Jan. 6, 2021. (But, then
again, it wasn’t very strong back then.)
Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter
Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.
Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.
Released:
Nov 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Nov. 19, 2021: After months of wrangling, what’s another few hours?: If a “New York minute” is a few passing seconds, then the opposite is a “McCarthy minute” — something that drags on and on for hours. On Thursday night, at 8:38 p.m., House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy took to the House floor with a speech designed to delay Democrats’ passage of the Build Back Better package. This morning, at 5:10 a.m., some 8 hours and 32 minutes later, he finally stopped talking. by POLITICO Playbook Daily Briefing